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The No 1 criteria a music producer must fulfil for you is this: Can He/She Do Music That Sells?
Notice the criteria is not about the ability to make music, rather it is to make music that sells! If you want to engage a producer, this criteria must be in the forefront of your thinking, otherwise the exercise of making music becomes a fruitless effort.
This criterion should help you streamline the number of producers you should be seeking, because many who claim to be producers have never sold 50 singles. Such a person is not for you.
This also means that many of your friends who have studios or should I say “computers” will not be included in your list.
Remember that the main aim of doing music is to make money from your craft and the team that can ensure such success must be included in the process. The selection of individuals, who can not show any type of commercial viability, should not be allowed to participate in your recording.
It may sound very harsh, but your time and money is not for someone else’s experiment. Even if you want to help out a mate who is a budding producer, make sure you are working with someone else who will produce the goods!
Can you really make a living out of being a musician? Let’s face it we’re not all going to be rock stars so what are the options? When you start to investigate the music industry you will discover that there is a wealth of information out there on a whole range of jobs.
Of course you can still perform. There are many venues that are looking for live music entertainment. In fact the live sector has grown more than any other area of the music industry in recent years. You could play in a cover band at local venues and as you build up a reputation you may find you are able to scale it up. Themed bands are also very popular so you may decide to start a tribute band! You could even sign up with an entertainment agent. Remember you will pay a commission to them though for any work they find you. This can work in your favour though if they are getting you lots of gigs.
Drums are perhaps the most important aspect to any beat or song. If you are limiting yourself to only the basic drums, you are at a severe disadvantage. There are many free drum kits available online, but the majority of them are of poor quality and selection. You must be careful and do your research when looking for drum kits for free.
If you are still new to producing your own music, let me explain a little bit what digital percussion kits are. Drum kits are collections of real recorded drum sounds that you can use for your music. They include, but are not limited to, snare drums, bass drums, Tom drums, hi-hats, and cymbal crashes. Also specialty sounds like claps, cowbells, wooden blocks, and many other sounds. Percussion kits also come in many different styles of music such as, Hip-Hop, rock, metal, classical, country, blues, jazz, alternative, soul, and techno, along with many other types. Of course when looking for free drum kits, you want to make sure that your sound quality and selection is good. Many people usually check in producer forums such as RocBattle.com
Pop music is music that is really contemporary music. Today whatever music you hear, music that is moving with the times, all of it is pop music. Fifty five years before, the music which was contemporary in that era was also pop and the fathers of pop, Bob Dylan etc lived. But today’s music is also called pop, so pop is really a genre of contemporary music throughout all ages, which is flexible enough to change its form from one to another and still maintain some integrity.
So you can have rock, jazz, blues, R&B, dance numbers and many other genres influencing this one particular genre of music. Sometimes even elements of folk and country music has been found to be present in pop. The basic trick that pop music undertakes to maintain its popularity is use melody that would stay in the minds of people. They do not use catchy tunes but tunes and rhythm which forces you to remember it. Also, the songs are barely filled with lots of music, there is one tempo which goes through the entire song and doesn’t change. But this is an element which has drawn much criticism around the song. Critics often say that pop is too simple and therefore maybe worthless.
When I first got into the music industry, I had no idea how to promote my music. I went to a lot of shows and watched a lot of bands. I pretty much made it a routine weekend deal. I had some buddies I grew up with who were also into the music scene and we played instruments every day, usually after school.
One of my biggest dreams was to be able to support myself from the music I created and just as well travel the world, performing for people every night. I’m pretty sure my friends had the same dream, but it didn’t seem as if it were true.
Anyways, there is a lot of dedication that drives a successful band and a whole lot more promotion to make it anywhere if your just starting up. I put down music myself(now working with computers), but I still enjoy every bit of it. I’m going to list some ways that YOU can promote your music on the internet.